Let's Get Mortified

A storytelling event in Baltimore encourages participants to share old diary entries, letters, and poems. One of the event’s producers, Alex Hewett, tells us how Mortified gives people the opportunity to reclaim embarrassing moments, laugh at themselves, and be vulnerable.

Click here for information about the show this Saturday in Hampden. Audience members must be 21 or older. Find out about the Mortified book, podcast, and television series here.

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